Apparatus for raising water



Sept. 4, 1928.

C. ANDERSON APPARATUS FOR RAISING WATER Filed July 14, 1927 .M .NNN

i INVENToR Cb af/e nderso/s fiym, ATTORNEY Patented Sept. el, i928.

,Y UNITED .STATES CHARLES; Annnnson, or

APPARATUS. Fon

Application sied July 14,

The objects of my invention, generally stated, are, to provide in a tank located ad` jacent to and having a pipe connection with a source of water, instrumentalities for creating a vacuum in said tank by means ot' lire, and whereby Water will be raised into the tank from said source; and, to aiford simple and inexpensive'means for raising water OrirrigatiOn, or other purposes, and which will require practically no outlay Jfor upkeep. v

In the accompanying drawingy Figure iris a side elevation of the apparatus complete, certain parts being broken away, the cover of the tank being shown locked in closed position and the tank connected with a source of water supply;

Fig. Q, aside elevation of a portio-n of said tank, particularly designed to illustrate the cover ot the tank in open position;

Fig. 3, a horizontal cross section of the tank, drawn on the line 3 3, ot Fig. l, showing, inparticular, the tiring mechanism, comprising a screen, atomizing nozzles disposed thereabove, and a spark plug tor igniting a Yfluid sprayed on the screen;

Fig. 4, a fragmentary view ot said screen, indicating strands of asbestos wound thereon for retaining said tluid; and,

Fig. 5, a detail view of sections of the tank and cover, showing a gasket arrangement for providing an airtightV connection therebetween.

liteterring'more particularly to the drawing, l designates a frame, shown located adjacent a water supply 2, 3 a tank, preferably ot steel or lined with metal, mounted on the trame, and l an inlet pipe having at one end a screen 5 and a check valve G, connected with said water supply, and its other end extending into and having an airtight connection with the tank. 7 denotes a discharge pipe, having a valve 8, and 9 a pipe, having a valve l0, designed as a vent for air, to 'facilitate the discharge of water from the tank.

The cover of the tank, designated as 20, is hlngedly secured as at 2l, to a standard 22, said standard being located relative to the tank, as more particularly appears in Fig. 3. The cover, preferably, should be of heavy metallic construction, and is provided with a recessed edge portion adapted to carry an asbestos gasket 28, Fig. 5, which affords, in cooperation with a horizontal flanged edge portion 24 of the tank, an airtight connection between the cover and the tank.

Aresv ortie tassa SEATTLE, WAsrrrNsLT'oN,

Raisins WATER. l

1927. VSerial No. 205,684.'

The locking mechanism for the cover consists of a body portion() bolted Vto the cover and carrying a` support 3l on which a wheel 32 isrotatably mounted. Saidvportion also carries another support `33, to which is 'pivf oted a locking lever A Set, which extends through and below the portion and is provided at one endv with a locking element 35 adapted to engage the flange 24 of the tank, and at the other end with a Awheel 36 rotatably mounted thereon. spring 37, secured to a lug 38 on said lever and a lug 39 on the l' portion, allords a tensioning' element for the lever. A. rope et() mountedhonthe pulley ll carries at one end a vswiveled support42 in which a wheel is rotatably mounted. The wheels 82, 3G and t3 are grooved to receive an endless chain Llei, and the other end of the rope is'designed to extend below the tank, as shown in Fig. l, so it may be manipulated from theground in raising ror lowering the' cover, and'is retained in place by the cylindrical support 45 in which it :is adapted to slide. VlWhen the coveris lowered andthe pull of the rope on thechain released, the locking element of the lever, by virtue of the tension imparted to the lever by the spring, will engage the i'lange or the'tank and secure the cover in locked position, as indicated in Fig. l. As is evident, a pull ot the rope on said kchain will bring said element forwardly and release it from the langewhen the cover may be raised, as shown in Fig. 2.

. in the present embodiment of the invention.V the tiring mechanism of the apparatus' ply of gasoline, alcohol, or any other suitable combustible fluid, and the pump 56, connected with the receptacle by thetube 57, is

obviously for the purpose of forcing said fluid, by the connections just described, into the tank, through said atomizing nozzles. A screen 60 located within the tank and below said nozzles, and having strands of asbestos tily secured thereto as indicated in Fig. 4, is adapted to receivethe sprays'of said fluid,

and a spark plug, denoted as G2, which may be connected up with a battery and actuated in any appropriate manner, provides a medium whereby said sprays may be ignited.

In utilizing the apparatus, a relatively small quantity of rsaid fluid is pumped through the nozzles and deposited on the screen. The cover having been raised slightly above the top of the tank, the fluid so ejected is ignited by the spark plug, and as the flames appear at said top the cover is then lowered in f locked position. As it may be noted in Fig. 1,

',ply. Vhen it is desired to discharge the Water thus raised from the tank air may be admitted to the tank and above said Water, through the vent pipe heretofore described, when the saine will readily run out of the tank through the'discharge pipe provided. IVhen the cover is again raised, inert airv and gases remaining in the tank will escape therefrom, and the cycle of operation just dc scribed may be repeated.

As will be obvious to those skilled in the art,

changes in and modifications of the construction described may be .made Without departing from thev spirit of my invention or sacrificing its advantages, hence it is desiredftliat I be not confined to the specific structure set forth` I claim:

1. An apparatus for raising water, co1n pri sing a frame, a tank mounted onthe frame,

en inlet pipe, a discharge pipe, an air vent flame Within the tank Wliereb be established therein for raising Waiter into pipe, a coverfor the tank, means4 for providing an airtight connection between the cover and the tank, means for locking the cover to the tank, means for unlocking and raising the cover, and means for creating flames Within the tank whereby a vacuum may be established therein for raising Water through the inlet pipe into vthe tank.

2. An apparatus for raising Water, comprising a tank, inlet means for Water, an airtight cover for the tank, means for raising and loiveringtlie cover, means for creating a a vacuum may the tank, and outlet means for Water. u

3. In an apparatus for raising Water having a tank, an inlet pipe and a cover for the tank, apipe encircling the tank, a plurality of atomiziiig nozzles coupled tothe last-v named pipe and extending Within the tank, a receptacle, a pump operatively connected with the receptacle, a pipe establishing comi'iiui'iication for a combustible fluid between the receptacle and the pipe encircling'the tank, a screen, disposed Within the tank and below the nozzles, adapted to rreceive said fluid deposited thereon by thenozzles, and means adjacent the screen for firing said fluid.

4. In an apparatus for raising Water having a tank, a screen mounted in the tank adapted to receive and retain a combustible fluid deposited thereon, and a spark plug operatively disposed adjacent the screen for li' 1ing said fluid.

5. In anfapparatus 'for raising Water having a tank, a screen mounted in the tank, its meslied portions being covered With strands of asbestos, and whereby Said screen is adapted to absorb aA combustible fluid and support the flames thereof when said Huid is ignited.

CHARLES ANDERSON. 

